The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

First Events and Early Influences

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First Events and Early Influences

The Discovery--Columbus Enchanted--His Dreams--Beauty of Earth, Ocean and Sky--The Gentle Natives Smoke Cigarettes--Some Slow…

First Events and Early Influences: Island

The first idea impressed upon Columbus by Cuba was, that it was indeed an island, and then his conviction was formed, and never departed…

First Events and Early Influences: Cubans

He knew not what he had done, but had scanned the northern coast of the southern continent, and Cuba remained the most superb land he…

First Events and Early Influences: Cuba

The trouble here, as it is plain to see, was slavery and the natural opposition of the slave holders to "the premature establishment of…

First Events and Early Influences: Spanish

The truth lies in the fact that after having exhausted the Indian population, the Island was only held as a military post on the way to the…

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